About this role
FTE: .20
Shift Hours: 8:00AM-5:00PM
Days of Week: SUNDAY-SATURDAY
UF Health Therapists provide rehabilitation services in the Acute and Outpatient settings, working to create and customize the best course of treatment for conditions that limit a patient's ability to move, be active, communicate, swallow, and complete daily tasks and activities. Our skilled team strives to maximize physical performance, while addressing cognitive and psychosocial components of care to achieve the best functional outcomes. This setting offers an array of service areas in three locations in Gainesville, Florida.
The UF Health Heart and Vascular Hospital (HVNM): The East Tower provides care to patients in the following service areas: Cardiac (surgical and non-surgical), Vascular surgery, Thoracic surgery, Heart and Lung Transplant, Neurosurgery, and Neurology.
The UF Health Shands Hospital and Shands Children's Hospital (NT): The North Tower provides service to the Adult General Medical /Surgical population on the medical units, IMC and ICU, as well as specialty adult services that include Burn/BICU and ENT/Plastic Surgery. The Shands Children's Hospital is also located in the North Tower and provides service to patients from neonate up to older peds. Units include general pediatrics, NICU, PICU and PCICU.
The UF Health Cancer Hospital and Medical Center (ST): The South Tower offers not just Cancer and Cancer-related services, but is the main hospital for Orthopedics and Trauma services. The Adult ED, Renal and Liver Transplant, and a surgical ICU are all located in this facility.
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
- Bachelors or higher as designated by professional license
- Experience or fieldwork in the acute setting preferred
- Inpatient/outpatient pediatric feeding/swallowing experience preferred (ages 0-18)
- Pediatric MBS/FEES experience preferred
- Demonstrates strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with others and work as a team
Licensure/Certification/Registration: Licensed Speech Language Pathologist in the state of Florida
Motor Vehicle Operator Designation: Employees in this position: Will operate vehicles for an assigned business purpose as a 'non-frequent driver'
Other facts
About UF Health
University of Florida Health is a world-class academic health center in Florida, encompassing hospitals, physician practices, colleges, centers, institutes, programs and services across northeast and north-central Florida.
UF Health represents the shared vision and commitment to patient care excellence of more than 22,000 employees of the University of Florida Health Science Center and UF Health Shands health care system.
What you'll do
- Provide rehabilitation services in acute and outpatient settings to maximize patients' physical performance and address cognitive and psychosocial components of care. Customize treatment plans for conditions affecting communication, swallowing, and daily activities.
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